Genre Studies!
The idea behind Genre Studies is to expose students to a variety of texts such as historical fiction, biographies, mysteries, fantasies, poetry, etc. Each year, Genre Studies involve students reading 18 books for this program: 9 in school and 9 independently at home. You will not have to assist your child with the in-school genre work, unless your child needs much more time than we have in class. Then I will send it home to finish. The 9 independent books need to be chosen by the student (either in our media center or at a public library, bookstore, etc.) and read at home. After reading the book, the student completes a book report, project or worksheet. The due dates for independent genres will be written into planners this week. Please help your child manage time at home for this yearlong project.
Here are the due dates:
> 1st Independent Genre - Friday, October 8
> 2nd Independent Genre - Friday, November 12
> 3rd Independent Genre - Friday, December 10
> 4th Independent Genre - Friday, January 7
> 5th Independent Genre - Friday, February 4
> 6th Independent Genre - Friday, March 4
> 7th Independent Genre - Friday, April 1
> 8th Independent Genre - Friday, April 29
> 9th Independent Genre - Friday, May 27